BANGKOK — An 43-year-old energy tycoon involved in the high-profile corruption scandal among Thailand’s top law enforcers has fled the country, police say.

Nopporn Suppipat, who was ranked the 31st richest man in Thailand by Forbes last year, is wanted on charges of lese majeste and illegal detention in connection with the widening graft case against the former chief of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB).

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